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Alexandra Quirk Herbalist

Accredited herbalist based in Ocean Shores offering reiki healing and herbal medicine

02/06/2026

🏔️ HERBALISM IS NOT MEANT TO BE LIKE PHARMACEUTIC@L MEDICINE 🏔️

Working with plant kin is the relationship you foster with the natural world.

It’s an opportunity to remove yourself from the hamster wheel of the colonial mind and fall back to what is real and tangible.

Plants hold constituents that work synergistically - even beyond what we know to be true in scientific research; all this is is uncovering the truth that synergy already knew. It is a remembering.

Ph@rmac3uticalz extract a single known constituent from the plant medicine, synthetically replicate it and wonder why there are adverse reactions.

Perhaps the major adverse reaction is the fact you hold no accountability for the relationship you have with our Earth Mother.

Slowly, slowly we have faded away from Her. She calls us back constantly.
Like the true and foreboding maternal archetype, she will always embrace you with open arms to embrace you in safety and trust.

If you can recall your connection to our Earth Mother and begin again to respect the relationship that has been shunned in busy schedules and quick fixes, you may find that the answers you seek, in many avenues, have been there all along.

Herbal medicine is the original medicine of the earth. Take your time to remember.

01/06/2026

Kiwi fruits are something I prescribe often in clinic.

They are rich in fibre and meet one’s daily vitamin C requirements. Their bioavailability is sufficient which is advantageous for this water soluble vitamin, one that is generally detoxified quickly through the renal and gastrointestinal systems.

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a necessary vitamin that supports bone formation, wound healing, connective tissue growth and oral health. Antioxidants like ascorbic acid shield the body from free radical damage.

A lot of the nutrients of this fruit are found with in the skin, so don’t avoid eating the skins if you can help it.

I prescribe kiwi fruits for people presenting with slow gut motility + inflammation; think leaky gut, gut dysbiosis, ulcerative colitis and definitely constipation related to any endocrine presentations such as a PMOS or hypothyroidism.

Be sure to strive to eat kiwis grown as locally as possible; imported fruits and vegetables are usually months old, picked too early and rife with hormone disrupting and c@ncer causing additions used in agricultural practices.

Growing your own kiwis is a practice of patience, although not impossible. They love subtropical environments that offer warm sunny summers with moderately cool winters. They need minimal frost days per year and well drained soil and take up to 3 years to produce fruit from seed planting 🌱

15/05/2026

A 2025 case-control study included a cohort of 1027 women who underwent the lactulose breath test during their healthcare check-up to diagnose SIBO and/or IMO from November 2021 to June 2023.

148 endometriosis patients were selected based on magnetic resonance imaging or a histological assessment. Each were matched with an equal number of women without endometriosis based on the exact age.

The results showed a SIBO/IMO prevalence was significantly higher among women with endometriosis, with up to 136 out of 148 who tested positive. Women with endometriosis showed a significantly higher incidence of altered transit than those without and an increased prevalence of constipation and dizziness.

Methane overgrowth accounted for up to 63% in women with endometriosis who tested positive for methane overgrowth. SIBO H2 was associated with a higher risk of developing diarrhoea, whereas those positive for IMO were at a higher risk of developing acid reflux.

It is imperative to treat the immune system in an endo case - working on this aspect of pathophysiology is the most important step of living symptom free. Working to reduce presenting complaints related to menstruation, pain, mood and cognition is intertwined with immune treatment, and the practitioner will always have this in mind in your individual case.

Paper: Halfon et al. (2025)
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.70005

05/03/2026

I have avoided subscribing to fads in my world. Health trends have been grossly comidifed and white washed.
I live and practice at a time where masculine ruled business ideologies have saturated natural health as it became more “on trend.” Which, as it contradicts itself, was never going to stick.

Because the very essence of herbal medicine is of our Earth Mother. It’s feminine, it requests slowness and summons presence. You can’t really capitalise on the body who’s essence is to provide. Your pace is the one that will crumble, not her. She carries on without your concerns. I am humbled by this constantly, and grateful for the chance to be so humbled.

As I learn more as a practitioner and grow more as a human and woman, each facet of me tempers the way I show up and offer my practice to you. I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to evolve. Thank you to all the amazing people that place their trust in me to show up in vulnerability and in their efforts to seek personal truth. Love you.

AQ x

12/01/2026

Flowing gracefully into 2026 🦢 🦢 🦢

My interest in research of late has been on NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2) and how it pertains to gut health and how that pertains to/influences neuroimmunity, endocrine and metabolic health in regards to neuroplasticity, cognitive function & disease, endocrine health (specifically the hypothalamus pituitary ovarian axis) and female reproductive diseases.

For reiki and t.4ntra, I find so many cross overs and want to expand more into how these modalities subtend through the energetic framework and see how that moulds my offerings within these modalities.

I think a lot of people are intimidated by t.4ntra as a practice, because of western bastardisation of the s3xual elements within modern white washed offerings.
As a philosophy it harks simply the essence of loving understanding of self, to bridge that towards all we meet and share with in life. Sharing love with others is the sweetest and greatest gift and we all know that feeling clearly.

Reiki and t.4antra explore these themes organically as they both show us what is bubbling internally. So that is something I am eager to explore and expand in 2026, as my own interests lays deeply in autonomy and self awareness.

The reason I began my herbal medicine journey all those years ago was birthed from the same idea; of knowing how to treat yourself as so you can make sound decisions about your own health rather than pouring time energy money into external sources when it may not be necessary at that time. Knowing when and when not to call upon these external sources, etc.

Knowing what is important and what isn’t.

So within this framework are my offerings, authentic and personally inspired.

I am going to continue creating products within the origins collection - as needed. Meditation balm is sold out and there are a few moontide steams and Voluptas oleums left. The response to these products has been grand and well received and my deepest gratitude for their reception. The idea to make affordable, multi use herbal medicines for those who need them is a blessing.

AQ x

14/05/2025

“My hair was beat from years of sun and salt and coconut oil on repeat, not showing any signs of growth until I took an inch off and started using the way of healing’s rosemary hair oil. I think it’s been a month and my hair feels so much healthier, and I’ve got at least an inch of growth back and my curls are lush as and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna stop anytime soon, I’m so into it”

07/05/2025

To all who I have met and continued to connect with this first half of the year - thank you.
I am constantly reminded of, and astounded by the continued perseverance that I am a witness to in my clinic space. Collectively dedicated to self and the greater world, understanding symbiosis and accepting knowledge to guide you through your journey of health and autonomy.

Watch this space for offerings emerging 🦢

• Returning to clinic June 24 •

In peace and pleasure
With love,
AQ

19/03/2025

⭐️⭐️🌟 dearest community 🌟⭐️⭐️

and .ofhealing are collaborating to offer you an illustrious autumn equinox • GIVEAWAY •

Autumn equinox or Mabon, is a traditional pagan Day Of Power which celebrates the fruits of our labour. We come together in community to give thanks and share the bounty collected from the summers harvest.

A time of communion and celebration, we wan to share our jubilation and appreciation by gifting our services to our prized community 🫂

• HOW IT WORKS •

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The more the merrier 🎠
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6 prizes to be won ⭐️

is NEWCASTLE BASED
- 60 min remedial massage
- 60 min reiki healing
- Wolma healing balm ofhealing is MULLUMBIMBY BASED
- 90 min ta***ic massage
- 60 min reiki healing session
- Nymphaea meditation balm

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-the winner of the respective massage/s must be local to this area or willing to travel to receive this treatment IN PERSON ✋🏼
- reiki can be offered IN PERSON or DISTANCE 🐚
- healing balms can be collected in person or posted 💌
- winners are drawn on the 27th of March one week after our Mabon celebrations 🍃🌾

We are so excited to share our offerings with you, MABON BLESSINGS TO ALL 🖤

NB ~ this offering is no way endorsed by or associated with Instagram ~

21/02/2025

• IN PEACE AND PLEASURE •

Now offerings face to face appointments in the heart of Mullumbimby, NSW 🦢

To celebrate the opening of our new space we are offering new customers 15% off their first appointment.

• ta***ic massage by female and male practitioners

• deep tissue and sports massage

• reiki energy healing

• herbal and nutritional medicine consultation

• reiki certifications + attunements

DM to enquire or book in now via the link in bio ☆

www.thewayofhealing.net

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13/02/2025

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